Why the Ridiculous Is No Laughing Matter, by Roger Kimball. What supreme sense of entitlement authorizes Obama to suggest that you forgo a wedding, anniversary, or birthday gift in order to contribute to his campaign?

From Bauhaus to Ed’s House, by Ed Driscoll. The paradox of modernism: you can check out of the 1920s anytime you like, but you can never leave.

Blogging since 2002, affiliated with PJM since 2005, where he is currently a columnist, San Jose Editor, and founder of PJM's Lifestyle blog. Over the past 15 years, Ed has contributed articles to National Review Online, the Weekly Standard.com, Right Wing News, the New Individualist, Blogcritics, Modernism, Videomaker, Servo, Audio/Video Interiors, Electronic House, PC World, Computer Music, Vintage Guitar, and Guitar World.